Probably trying to contact a DNS nameserver...  Make sure that you have
everything you could possibly want to resolve in your /etc/hosts file,
and make sure that resolv.conf lists "lookup file bind" (putting "file"
first)!

On Tue, 2 Jun 1998 rgfischer@mail.hac.com wrote:

>      
>      I started using PPP Dial-on-Demand in the not too distant past.
>      Now I've noticed that at around 3:00 am, my computer has been dialing 
>      up my ISP and then staying connected until it times out 15 minutes 
>      later.  I'm assuming that this is happening when the daemon processes 
>      send their nightly reports to Root.
>      
>      Since they don't try to access any external sites (just sending mail 
>      to itself),  How can I get this to stop short of turning off the modem 
>      at night?
>      
>      Thanks,
>      Roger
> 

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